hi, jim. what's the intention here do you think from the russian government? >> reporter: well, the russian government wants two things, to exert its influence in the region but at the same time it doesn't want yet i think nor do other analysts we've spoken here to rock the boat too much. there's no question, ross, texts have spiked in the past 24 hours just as russia's foreign ministry came out condemning large scale human rights violations against its ethnic russians in the ukraine, the russian defense ministry confirmed that fighter jets were now on high alert along the border with ukraine that's of course part of the surprise, war games we've been reporting on since yesterday including long range aircraft, warships as well as some 150 troops and some 900 tanks. the main flash point is ukraine's crimea peninsula, strategic for russia, the home of the black sea fleet, scuffles broke out yesterday between proand anti-russian protesters outside crimea's parliament. overnight the building was seized by armed men speaking russian with rpgs, sniper rifles, in eff